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Primed and ready for growth

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2008
The WalterTurnbull-owned property manager PrimeSpace draws from its chartered accounting roots to offer investors something traditional property managers can't. "We are chartered accountants. If we look to apply that integrity, it's a major point of ...

Soft commodity a hard buy

The demand for commodity-based infrastructure assets has outpaced the available supply, making it difficult for agricultural-based and commodity-based funds to find enough assets. Craig Swanger, Macquarie Group head of alternative investments said Macquarie ...

Praemium and COIN connect

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2008
Listed portfolio administration firm PrA|mium has launched a new interface between V-Wrap - PrA|mium's online portfolio administration service - and COIN's financial planning suite. PrA|mium claims the interface will minimise the re-keying of data between ...

Snowball buys Yarra Financial

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2008
Snowball Group has acquired Yarra Financial Group, which runs a $130 million funds under advice (FUA) financial planning practice and a separate accounting business. The deal means Yarra Financial Group's (Yarra) accounting and financial planning businesses ...

Brookvine and ipac back Prisma

Multi-manager ipac securities has moved approximately $160 million out of BT and into Prisma Capital Partners, a US-based fund of hedge fund represented locally by alternatives consultant Brookvine. Up until last month, Ipac invested the sums with BT ...

Advisers graduate Synchron boot camp

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2008
Advisers got dirty, sweaty and splattered with paintball shots at Synchron's Next Gen training course that yielded 14 new recruits to the firm's adviser base. "We've identified that younger advisers are a different creature in their training needs to ...

First stop baby boomers, next stop Gen-Y

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 21 APR 2008
The way to the baby boomers' wallets is through their Gen-Y kids, said Bernard Salt, a leading commentator on consumer, cultural and demographic trends. "Generation Y will inherit baby boomer wealth. The motherload is not going to happen for another ...

Tasplan uses ant mascot as Gen Y magnet

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 21 APR 2008
Tasplan has formed a new line of attack against superannuation illiteracy - introducing Superant, the new animated mascot that helps young Australians engage with their super. Developed by Blue Rocket Productions, Superant snags the leading role in ...

Algos trap rogue traders

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2008
Algorithmic trading has traditionally been linked to trading orders and developing investment strategies - but the technology is now gaining traction as a way to catch white collar crime. According to John Bates, founder and general manager of Progress ...

Securitor academy in the works

MICHAEL HOBBS REPORTING FROM THE CONFERENCE IN NEW ZEALAND  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2008
Securitor is to set up a paraplanning academy and launch an online self assessment program to help advisers beef up on their finance knowledge and better answer the questions of clients uneasy about the state of the markets. Speaking at the Securitor ...